Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to excite; excitatory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
  • noun rare That which excites; an excitant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic excited
  • noun archaic That which excites; an excitant.

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  • This spirit is said to burn with still fiercer flame in the breasts of those whose pursuit would externally seem to be the most innocent in the world, and the least excitive of the bad passions -- namely, among flower-fanciers.

    The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

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